May 1998 – September 2005 Head of Department of Information Science, Bar-Ilan University.

Defined and implemented a comprehensive change in the curriculum and activities of the department: Established doctoral program (13 students have already graduated and over 30 students are currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program); developed support networks through forums of doctoral students and advising on research methodologies for doctoral students; secured approval of Council for Higher Education to offer a full BA program with Information Science as a major. Overhaul of BA curriculum and redesign of MA program to reflect the enormous advances made in information science. This included offering new courses and innovative areas of specialty (e.g. Knowledge Management, Information Technologies, WEB technologies); implemented new teaching methodologies; including distance learning, use of computerized presentations, video and computer laboratories.

Worked to ensure that research activities would become a departmental focus: research as part of graduate studies (theses and dissertations), department researchers and a research projects on Ontologies and on Information needs conducted by the department.

The Department of Information Science at Bar-Ilan is currently considered the leading department of its kind in Israel. This status reflects the dynamic and up-to-date curriculum, research conducted and number of students (approximately 500).

1. Education for All: Culture, Reading, and Information: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 5-10 July 1998. Ramat-Gan: Published for the IASL by the Department of Information Studies and Librarianship, Bar-Ilan University, 1998. [with M. Yitzhaki]

Chapters in Books:

1. “The role of the public library in a changing society.” In The PublicLibrary and the Challenges of Societal Change in the Information Era. South African Institute for Librarianship and Information Sciences, Public Library Division, [1986], pp. 1-6.

2. “A library in a center of a city.” In A City and Its Book: The “Shaar Zion- Beit Ariela Library.” Edited by Ora Achimeir. Jerusalem: Keter, 1987, pp. 80-95. (Hebrew).

6. “The school/library media center: development of a concept.” In Library/media Center in Educational Institutions. Tel-Aviv: Institute for the Development of Educational and Welfare Facilities, 1993, pp. 7-12. (Hebrew).

8. “The school library/media center: development of a concept.” In Library/Media Center in Educational Institutions. New edition. Tel Aviv: Institute for the Development of Educational and Welfare Facilities, 1997, pp. 7-12. (Hebrew).

9. “The role of academic institutions in the continuing professional education of librarians and information professionals.” In Delivering Lifelong Continuing Professional Education Across Space and Time. Edited by Blanche Woolls and Brooke E. Sheldon. Munchen: Saur, 2001, pp. 178-185.

42. “An exploratory study of start-up entrepreneur use of the internet.”

Journal of Information Science 32, no. 1 (2006): 47-60.

[with S. Baruchson-Arbib, O. Gouri-Oren]

43. “Community information needs of urban population in Israel.”

Libri 56, no. 2 (June 2006): 83- 96.

[with S. Baruchson, Y. Shemesh, E. Yaari]

44. “The role of information in a lifetime process: A model of weight maintenance by women over long time periods.” Information Research 11, no.4 (July 2006). ). [Available at http://InformationR.net/ir/11-4/paper263.html]

49. “Websites and digital services in Israeli school libraries: How is a digital environment changing the way school Libraries work?” School Libraries Worldwide 14, no. 1(Jan 2008): 86-98. [with Z. Shemer-Shalman]

62. "Librarians' leadership efficacy, pedagogical training and school involvement: Their connection to collaboration between teachers and school librarians in Israel ." School Libraries Worldwide 18, no.1 (2012). [with R. Ash-Argyle]

63. "Characteristics of a virtual community for individuals who are d/deaf and hard of hearing." ." American Annals of the Deaf 157, no. 3 (Summer 2012): 251-263. [with M. Heber]

64. "The connection between librarians' involvement in the school as perceived by teachers, principals and librarians and their pedagogical training and Patterns of Cooperation between Librarians and Teachers in Israel." Meidaat, 8 (2012). [with Ruth Ash-Argyle] (Hebrew)

1. " Professional self-efficacy, role perception of school librarians and their impact on the development of students' information literacy: An evidence-based stud." ." Journal of Information Literacy 8, no. 2 (2014): 118-140. [with Ash-Argyle]

2. “Libraries and reading habits among elementary school children: The concept of the classroom collection.” In Information Rich but knowledgePoor: Emerging Issues for Schools and Libraries Worldwide. Edited by Lynne Lighthall and Ken Haycock. Seattle, WA.: International Association of School Librarianship, 1997, pp. 269-276.

3. “The educational aspect of school libraries’ design and the students' territorial behavior.” In Information Leadership in a Culture of Change. Edited by Sandra Lee et al. Hong Kong: International Association of School Librarianship, 2005. [with Z. Shemer]

Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Research in Information Science and Librarianship, Acre, 3 June 2008.

29. “Knowledge management: As a mechanism for large-scale technological and organizational change management.” Paper presented at the 8th The International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations, Cambridge University, U.K, 5-8 August 2008.

30. “Immigrants’ information needs: Their role in the absorption process.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Information Seeking In Context (ISIC 2008), Vilnius University, Lithuania, 16-20 September 2008.

31. "The influence of social interaction on the process of tagging pictures."